RPC VII.2, 369

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 369
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΤΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀ<ν>τ<ώ>νιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΚΕϹΑΡΕΙΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ (on crown)
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων Κεσάρεια Πύθια Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων Κεσάρεια Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Caesarean Pythian (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch; below, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.27 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 96, nos 200–3
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 437 = Touratsoglou 96/200
2 2     Budapest: 4566 Touratsoglou 96/202
3 3     Düsseldorf: 6238 Touratsoglou 96/203
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     Lanz 60, 1992, lot 769
6 6     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 14, 2 Mar. 2014, lot 456
7 7     Private coll.